Lútr ek sat; lengi ek hölluðumz;
mjök var ek þá lystr at lifa;
en sá réð, sem ríkr var;
frammi eru feigs götur.
Ek sat lútr; ek hölluðumz lengi; ek var þá mjök lystr at lifa; en sá réð, sem ríkr var; götur feigs eru frammi.
I sat bowed; I was leaning over for a long time; I was then very eager to live; but he prevailed, who was powerful; the doomed man’s roads are at an end.
[1] Lútr: latr papp15ˣ